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Players and public hit out as baseball season begins

It's an old and often angry debate: during a national tragedy with thousands displaced, a nation traumatised and bodies still being counted, should athletes retire from the field in respectful silence – or play on? Japan's most popular sport has become the latest casualty of the country's worst disaster since the Second World War after baseball officials postponed the start of the season in one of the two professional leagues.

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Olympics: Britain cleared for beach volleyball bid

Tuesday, 22 March 2011

British men's and women's beach volleyball teams have been given the opportunity to qualify for the 2012 Olympics under host nation rules, the British Olympic Association (BOA) said yesterday.

Baseball: Bonds finally in court on drugs charge as media circus hits town

Tuesday, 22 March 2011

San Francisco Giants star stands accused of perjury over 2007 claim that he had never taken steroids

Snooker: O'Sullivan to meet Dale in World draw

Tuesday, 22 March 2011

Ronnie O'Sullivan and John Higgins have been handed tough-looking first-round draws for the World Snooker Championship. O'Sullivan, who has fallen to 10th in the rankings, faces the Welshman Dominic Dale, while the world No 1 Higgins takes on Stephen Lee.

Boat Race: Cambridge anxious to retain the prize

Tuesday, 22 March 2011

Cambridge Boat Club president Derek Rasmussen says the "testosterone is flying" in the Light Blue camp as they prepare to defend their crown in the Boat Race on Saturday.

Something From The Weekend: Walter Smith; Ben Youngs; West Indies cricket team; Anthony Robles

Monday, 21 March 2011

It was warming to see Walter Smith victorious on the final trip to Hampden Park of his career – his eleventh cup win there over 20 years with Rangers.

Cycling: Cancellara beaten as Goss claims Milan-San Remo

Monday, 21 March 2011

Australian Matthew Goss recorded the biggest win of his career with victory at the head of an eight-rider group in the Milan-San Remo race on Saturday.

Simon Hislop: Healthy attitude acts as lesson to all men

Sunday, 20 March 2011

Paul Newman: Oxford medic has come back from testicular cancer to compete in Boat Race.

Inside Lines: If Terry can be forgiven, is it time Coe gave Christie a call?

Sunday, 20 March 2011

Sometimes you have to feel sorry for the Football Association. Last week they invited a few of us to sit down with Fabio Capello at the trendy eaterie once favoured by Princess Di, San Lorenzo in London's Knightsbridge.

Sport on TV: Olympic pastiche ticks all the boxes in race against time

Sunday, 20 March 2011

One of the dilemmas of writing a topical comedy must be that your script can be overtaken by events. The makers of a new sitcom about the London Olympics, Twenty Twelve (BBC4, Monday) might have been bemused by the apparent ability of Locog, the real organising committee, to deliver on time and on budget. Not many laughs there.